Malcom X directed by Spike Lee. Malcom was a person that was trying to be white man and being mischievous. And dealing with drugs on a daily bases. However ‚ later in the movie he changed to better man and was trying to bring justice and equality to the Islamic and the afro Americans. Malcolm started as a carless and selfish person. He would go out do drugs and would be concerned where he would work next and get his money similar to Walter lee from raisin in the sun. Walter would be in trouble not with
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Walter’s Uncle Lee came back into Walter’s life‚ when Uncle Lee came he talked out the side of his mouth because he had been in jail so long. Walter and a couple of his friends knew a kid named Richard Aisles who hurt his eyes over that summer so then they decided to try to hang Richard. Then when they was about to hang Richard Reverend Abbott walked in the basement of the church and he was shocked because what he saw . Mrs. Conway called Walter a very bad boy‚ so on in class Walter liked to read
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There are things in life that shape a person into what they’re‚ and influence every single decision they ever make. The play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry is set in a small apartment in south side Chicago that follows the life of the Younger family who live there‚ as they go through their own problems in life and try to keep being a family they can take pride in. Pride is not something that breaks you‚ it is something that shapes everything and person around you. In the play it
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I am so excited to be in such an amazing play‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. I got the part of Ruth‚ and I couldn’t be anymore ecstatic to play her. The director asked everyone in the play to write a character analysis about the character we are going to play. He asked that we include the following what the writer says about the character‚ what the character says or does‚ and what other characters say or do to your character. The author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ tells us about Ruth in
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s drama‚ A Raisin in the sun‚ Lena Younger‚ or also known as‚ Mama‚ is characterized by a strong noble women. Mama devotes her love and passion to her children‚ her family‚ and God. Mama strived to keep her family strong and unified because material things could never trump the love for family. Before the drama starts Mama’s husband dies and they are waiting to receive a $10‚000 life insurance check. When the check came in‚ and she held it in her hand‚ she felt mournful. That
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Final Graded Discussion Questions for A Raisin in the Sun Wednesday‚ March 25‚ 2015 Directions: In order to get full credit in the Graded Discussion (Assessment basically your midterm exam)‚ you must complete each prompt in detail using quotes from the play as support where appropriate. Each answer must be at least three (3) bullet points. You may prepare for the discussion with a partner; identify your planning partner at the top of your discussion notes. 1. What external factors hindered
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they desire. This is also known as the American Dream‚ which is set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ achieved through hard work. However‚ can prosperity and success be achieved by everyone or do certain ethnic groups have discriminatory barriers limiting their success? In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry it becomes painfully clear that African Americans have to deal with racial prejudices complicating the completion of their desired dreams
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What is Wealth? In a Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park there were a lot of things that ran almost parallel with both books. Of course‚ first would be the house that Lena bought moved into at the end of A Raisin in the Sun but even deeper than that. Both books touched some social subjects that at the time of A Raisin in the Sun’s release were rarely mentioned by an African-American especially a female African-American. The subject that grabbed my attention was that every main character had
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The play A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama and Walter Lee argue a lot‚ mostly about money and how the family should be raised and who should lead the family. For example‚ In the play Mama and Walter Lee argue mostly about the life insurance money‚ Walters dad’s insurance money to be exact. Walter Lee dreams of owning a business‚ but his first chance of owning a business is lost (Hansberry 32). He wants to own part of a liquor store‚ but‚ Mama disagrees with this choice‚ saying “...And
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play Raisin in the Sun‚ the character Beneatha defies the social mores of Chicago in the 1950s by being educated‚ progressive‚ and independent‚ in a society where women most often remained uneducated domestics. Due mostly to her college education and need to express herself‚ Beneatha defied the norm of what it meant to be an African American woman. Beneatha was pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor‚ although we are meant to understand that this is in disregard to the
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